Wedding Invite Wording HELP!

klhuddleston1225

Hi Everyone,

I've been lurking on here for a while, however, this is my 1st post. Anyways, I trying to find the correct or most appropriate wording for our wedding invitations. A bit of background...I'm Baptist and my FI is Catholic. We are having a ceremony in a Catholic Church, however, both my FI Deacon and my Pastor will be officiating and we will not be having communion. So far this is what I was planning for the wording but I wanted to make sure it was appropriate in honoring the Catholic-type ceremony. I know it would be fine for my church, but wasn't sure if there was something else that needed to be said?

Mr. and Mrs. Bride's Parents
and
Mr. and Mrs. Groom's Parents
invite you to share in the joy
of the marriage uniting their
children
Bride
and
Groom
on
Saturday, the second of June
at three o’clock in the afternoon
Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Church
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

maribeth721

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_wedding-invite-wording-4?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:e4bfbdd3-6317-496a-884e-f8fcdce3d3b8Post:07d24fcc-2224-4f4b-8740-5caa555f81eb">Re: Wedding Invite Wording HELP!</a>:
[QUOTE]Your Parents and His Parents request honor of your presence at the marriage of Bride and Groom because it is a religious ceremony
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

agreed

hz80408

Agree with pp.  Also, no "and" between your parents and his.  "and" indicates marriage. No "on" for the date or "at" for time. Just have:

Your Parents

His Parents

request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their children

Bride

and

Groom
Saturday, the second of June
two thousand twelve <you may want to add the year
three o’clock in the afternoon <italics portion is optional, personally I wouldn't use this
Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Church
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

banana468

I would leave those off the invitation.   You're not having a Nuptial Mass (no Communion) and since you aren't receiving the Sacrament, it could be misleading.

Instead I'd go with the wording above.

klhuddleston1225

Thanks Everyone!! I've seen on some wedding invites they've put "Holy Matrimony", "Nuptial Mass", or even" Sacracment of Marriage". Should I include any of that? Since I"m technically not Catholic I wouldn't be receiving the sacrament, but my FI would be.

hz80408

Personally, I wouldn't include it